India's Disappearing Railways: A Photographic Journey by Angus McDonald

Accompanies the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) exhibition of the same name which opened 3 December 2014Includes a foreword by Sir Mark Tully, the BBC's Chief of Bureau in India for 20 years - that evokes the very soul of IndiaIt is an intimate and humorous portrait capturing for the first time in print the sub-continent's unique narrow-gauge hill railways in all their beauty, joy and pathosAs the nation modernises, government funding for these railways is stopping and the railways will vanish foreverIndia's Disappearing Railways is a vibrant photo-essay by Australian photographer Angus McDonald, capturing for the first time in print the sub-continent's unique narrow-gauge railways in all their vivid colour, character and chaos. It is an intimate and humorous portrait of life on the trains, evoking the very soul of India; with a rare empathy and insight illustrates the lives of those who ride them, who work on them, and who live alongside them.

Publisher:	Goodman Fiell
Year:	2014
Binding:	Hardback
ISBN:	9781783130115
Condition:	Good
Description:	DJ; Large; Heavy. DJ sunned.

Note: This image is from a stock photo and may differ from the actual cover.

SKU: 1584978
Location: Photography